Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	78.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 09:41
Run Duration	389 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 466 57% 436 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2.5GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2730) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hectron HECX1-240G 240GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: H1AB02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1296 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 326 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 114 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 50591 (A5) Unknown 100 100 102 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 395 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 97810 (F2) Unknown 100 100 236427 (F5) Unknown 100 100 404728	78.8% Very good	Read 476 Write 418 Mixed 435 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 21.6 106% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 93.6 DQ Mixed 21.7 28% 48.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 97%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 44GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -41609643147180 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 303 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13720 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11947 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11947 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16076	29.1% Poor	Read 195 Write 88.1 Mixed 118 29% 134 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 9.53 46% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 70.8 DQ Write 24.9 DQ Mixed 17.7 21% 37.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 61%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 125 125 17199661360 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 292 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3371 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 292 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 405 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 405 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 197569216549 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 152 Mixed 144 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 441GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111482008 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 95134262 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1837 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 96 47245361164 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 540 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 656670758 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 509 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 153623 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 51539607590 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 152 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 152 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -10793252808189 (F1) Unknown 100 253 97915142327843 (F2) Unknown 100 253 93974612916601	69.1% Good	Read 135 Write 106 Mixed 96 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.3 75% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 114%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 244GB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 141 141 21503345015 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 325 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3461 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 410 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 410 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 184684380194 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66.1% Good	Read 103 Write 127 Mixed 118 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 108%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 311 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 7GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	5.25% Terrible	Read 14.8 Write 5.18 Mixed 7.22 10% 9.06 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.27 32% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.25% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600LL Series 859B BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 10GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.8% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 11.8 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 12.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 41%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H - $333

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	522x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	435x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	287x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	103x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16